Veterans at Bowls

Manawatu Times, Volume 63, Issue 80, 5 April 1938, Page 3

Veterans at Bowls

YESTERDAY’S TOURNAMENT A one-day bowling tournament for veterans (over 65 years) in Ihe Manawatu Bowling Centre was held on the Palmerston North Club's green yesterday under ideal weather conditions, the green being a little heavy following overnight rain. In the first round nine heads were played, but 11 heads were decided on for the three succeeding rounds. There were three rinks in the semi-final and, as they did not wish to return to finish the tournament another day, they-decided to play five heads and finish the same night. In the final round Oroua and Levin were five all in the last head and had to play an extra bend and finish in the aarK. Details are as follow: Tirst Round. Kenyon, Cotter, Aim, Curry, skip (Woo'dville) 11 v. Palmer, Stiles, Binns, Robinson, skip (Northern) 8; Mason, Buckman, Simpson, Aitken, 1 skip (Oroua) 11 v. Healy, Brown, Shennan, Walker, skip (Levin) 6; Ashton, Knowles, Wallace, O'Shea, skip (Terrace End) 12 v. Lee, Bryce, Tcale, Kershaw, skip (Northern) 3; Frew, Bayliss, Russell, Morgan, skip (Takaro) 8 v. Scaddeu, McKnight, Robinson, Nye,, skip (Foxton) 7; Andrew, Parkes, Hodder, Morshcad, skip (Northern) 13 v. Stone, Cole, Barrett, McLeod, skip (Palmerston North) 8. Second Round. Walker 16 v. Robinson 4; McLeod 10 v. Morgan 5; Kershaw 12 v. Nye S; O'Shea 10 v. Aitken 0; Curry 10 v. Morshead 6. Third Round. Kershaw 11 v. McLeod 7; Morgan 12 v. Curry 6; Robinson 17 v. O'Shea 9; Aitken 12 v. Nye 5; Walker 10 v. Morshead 6. Fourth Round. Curry 15 v. Kershaw 11; Walker 15 v. Morgan 4; Aitken 14 v. McLeod 9; Morshead 15 v. O'Shea 11; Nye 15 v. Robinson 9. Semi-Final. Walker (Levin) 5 v. Curry (Woodville) 2. Aitken (Oroua) a by©. Finai. Aitken (Oroua) 6 v. Walker (Levin) FUNCTION AT NORTHERN GREEN On Saturday afternoon, at the Northern Club's green, the opportunity was taken by the members and Wood ville visitors to say au revoir to Mr. C. N. Rabone, the president of the Northern Club, who leaves with Mrs. Rabone on Tuesday for England. Mr. P. S. Larcomb expressed the club's regret at the departure of a popular member and presented Mr. Rabone with a set of gold dress studs. It was interesting to note, he said, how many members of the club in recent years had been able to undertake a holiday trip abroad, and said it augured well for any bowler who joined the club —there was always the possibility that fortune would so shine on him that he would bo able to go away on an extended tour. Mr. Rabone thanked the members for their good wishes and expressed appreciation of the happy time he had enjoyed as a member and president of the club. HOME AND AWAY MATCHES

On Saturday afternoon, four rinks from the Northern Bowling Club paid a visit to the Woodville Club, four rinks also journeying to Northern from Woodville. The local green was keen, although there was. a slight cross-wind. Details of the games played at Northern green are as follow, the home rinks in each case being mentioned first:— At Northern: Andrew, Drew, Binns, Larcomb (skip) 13 v. Offwood, Trott, Hawkes, Young (skip) 21; Hoddcr. Batchelor, Bryce, McDonald (skip) 18 v. Hares, Russell, Twaddle, James (skip) 14; Elliott, Teale, Parsons, Anderson (skip) 22 v. McCullough, Cotter, Griniinton, Curry (skip) 19; Rainforth, Eliott, Wood, Kirk (skip) 32 v. Lovell. McKinlay, J. Morgan, Henderson (skip) 14. RETURNED SOLDIERS v. OTHERS A match between returned soldiers jind others was played on the Palmerston North Club’s green on Saturday for a prize donated by Mr. H. R. Green, of Kairanga. The result was a victory lor the returned soldiers, whose rinks are mentioned first in the following details:—Cole, Maskery, Thorburn, L. Brown (skip) 20 v. Barrett, Stone, McLeod, D. Lovelock (skip) 21; Crawford, Smith, McEwen, Mochan (skip) 37 v. Holbrook, Coleman, L. Lovelock, Edwards (skip) 18; Croad, Morgan Child (skip) 20 v. Wimsett, Fanning, Bary (skip) 14; Hogg, Thompson, Muir, Colquhoun (skip) 15 v. Law, Tait, Crouchcr, Kerslake (skip) 22; Seator, Boniface, Boon (skip) 14 v. W. Crouelier, G. Wilson, Patou (skip) IS; West, Collins, Eglinton, Simmons (skip) 25 v. O’Connell, Pizzey, Tremaine, Goldfinch (skip) 12. A drawing competition between winning skips was won by Mochan, with a score of six. Other scores were: Simmons 3, Kerslake 3, Child 3, Boon 2, Brown 1. TERRACE END v. SHANNON Two rinks of Shannon bowlers visited the Terrace End green on Saturday, one rink securing a win by the narrow margin of one point and the second losing by 13 points. Results are as follow, Terraco End rinks being mentioned first:—Andrews, Helsby, Dixon, Childs (skip) 17 v. Thorn, Mitchell, R. Hook, 0. Hook (skip, IS; Allen, Cogswell, Bee, Wills (skip) 20 v. Semple, Whibley, Hyde, S. Whibley (skip) 16.